From the battles for civil rights and equal rights, to war and its aftermath, to the enduring tragedies of drugs, racism, poverty and disease that play out daily in American cities, to the interior dramas of her life, Nancy Scott opens our eyes through the compassionate lens of her poetry. With a deceptively stoical tone, Down to the Quick reveals a sharp-eyed poet's sensibility deftly applied to the social realities and cultural shocks of the second half of "the American century."
Sander Zulauf, Editor, Journal of New Jersey Poets

Nancy Scott's poems - always precise and...

A B C D E F G...and the rest of the alphabet makes for an abecedarian or "almost abecedarian." Historically, the abecedarian was a book to teach children their abc's. Now in the hands of artist and writer it becomes a basis for fun exploration in art and writing. Please join Maryann Riker and Nancy Scott, two creators, one through the visual assemblage of mixed-media art and the other through the poetic and literary assemblage of words for a humorous and sometimes thought-provoking foray into their perspective of the alphabet.

Amuse Bouche, meaning "mouth amusers" is a delightful compendium of "mental amusers" designed for the artistic and literary connossieur of fun and nostalgic views of domestic divas, food, aprons, and spatulas. These artists' books, poetry and essays is an assortment of appetizers, main entrees and desserts to satisfy the most discriminating mental palate.